Are you Nigerian?Then i'm sure you must have heard of the Mbaise people.

SEAT OF SAGES.Here are some facts about them.

Mbaise are a people and a region found in Imo State, the heartland of Igbos,southeastern Nigeria.
The name "Mbaise" was derived from five clans: Agbaja, Ahiara, Ekwereazu, Ezi na Ihite and Oke Ovoro.
It consists of three local government areas which are Aboh Mbaise, Ahiazu Mbaise and Ezinihitte Mbaise.
The Mbaise people speak Igbo and their slogan is seat of sages.

Mbaise is recorded to have stood up to the white man by taking reprisal after the massacre at Nkwo Ogwu.


One unique feature of Mbaise is the high fecundity among their women called “eghu ukwu”. To qualify to be a member of this club, a woman must have a minimum of ten children. There is no maximum and some women were known to have given birth to as many as 15 children.

RELIGION: They are mainly Christians and are intensely religious.About 90% of the people are Catholic while the other 10% are Protestant and other religions.
There is a saying that every Mbaise household,has a reverend father.
They are so religious that Rome recognized the pre-eminent position of Mbaise in the production of priests by naming their cathedral Mater Ecclesiae- Mother of the Church.

FESTIVALS:Mbaise people have festivals which attract both locals and foreign tourists - the Iwa Akwa, "Oji-mbaise" (kolanut festival) and IIri-Ji-Mbaise" (the New Yam Festival).Although,the "Iri Ji" ceremony is the widely known and politicized festival.
It is celebrated on August 15 every year.

FOOD:Mbaise specials include ugba(shredded oil bean ,if you visit Mbaise,there is every certainty that you'll have a taste of ugba agworòagwo),okazi soup and oha soups (ofe uha).


Sociopolitical Titles:There are also numerous socio-political titles which feature prominently in Mbaise just like in other parts of Igboland. The titles include: Eze (king), Nze, Okenze, Ozo, Duru, Durunze, Ezeji (yam lord) and more.


THE AHIARA DECLEARATION:During the 1967-1970 Nigeria – Biafra civil war, Mbaise played very strategic roles. A unit of the “Research and Production” (RAP) that improvised and manufactured various scarce commodities during the blockade was positioned in Mbaise. The Head of State of the breakaway Biafra, General Odumegwu Ojukwu launched the Ahiara Declaration, a blueprint for the political and economic development of the beleaguered Biafra at Ahiara.

Mbaise nwere mmadu!
Source:Me
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